Andre Marriner sent the wrong man off at Stamford Bridge (Picture: Getty)

Andre Marriner will take charge of Newcastle’s trip to Southampton at the weekend despite his mistaken identity blunder during Chelsea’s 6-0 demolition of Arsenal.

Having sent off Kieran Gibbs instead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for deliberate handball in the penalty box, despite the latter owning up to the offence, Marriner was widely expected to be dropped from the coming weekend’s fixtures.

However he is set to take to the pitch again at St Mary’s, leaving Metro Sport to question who he could get confused during Saturday’s match.

These should be impossible for Marriner to get muddled up, what with playing at different ends of the pitch and wearing different shirts and all. But let’s not do him a disservice. Both Boruc and Lambert are pretty imposing figures on a football pitch, towering above their Southampton team-mates. Let’s just hope Rickie doesn’t come back to help defend a Newcastle corner.

Fabricio Coloccini should be fairly distinguishable (Picture: Getty)

…especially from the shaven-headed Yoan Gouffran (Picture: Getty)

Fabricio Coloccini and Yoan Gouffran

Now this could be a tricky one for Mr Marriner. Hopefully he’ll notice their different positions on the pitch but just in case…it’s the hair Andre. The HAIR!